Friday, August 24, 2012

"Never Again!" ~ Hal Lindsey Reprt 8/24/12

August 24th, 2012

This week on 'The Hal Lindsey Report'

One of the central themes of Bible prophecy for the last days is the fate of the tiny nation of Israel.  The Bible says that it will be restored to its ancestral home with its national identity, language, peculiar dietary laws, and unique religious practices intact.

Against all odds, the Jews have been restored to the land of their fathers.  They have all the trappings of a nation, yet the Muslim world does not accept them as a nation.  From the moment of their restoration, their Muslim neighbors began plotting the Jews' annihilation.

Several times, the surrounding Arab nations attacked tiny Israel, only to be defeated and lose territory in the process.

But it's critical to understand that it's not just the state of Israel that her enemies seek to destroy.  Many of them advocate nothing less than the genocide of the Jewish race.

In fact, not since the era of Adolf Hitler and the Nazis, has the rhetoric against the Jews been so incendiary.

Of course, Iran is leading the way.  Most of us are familiar with the calls by Mahmoud Ahmadinejad, Iran's President, and Ayatollah Ali Khamenei, its Supreme Leader, for Israel to be wiped from the map.  Most recently, that dynamic duo has been referring to the Jewish state as a "cancerous tumor" and "a fake Zionist outgrowth."  Various other Ayatollahs and Iranian military commanders are publicly echoing those disgusting terms and calling for Israel's utter annihilation.

Though the United Nations meekly condemns the rhetoric as "shameful" and "hateful," it does nothing about stopping it, despite the fact that the UN itself officially labels "incitement to genocide" as a "crime against humanity."  (In fact, Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon has decided to travel to Tehran and hobnob with some of the world's most abusive dictators and regimes at next week's summit of non-aligned nations.  Apparently that "moral authority" and "walking the walk" stuff is considered overrated in international diplomatic circles, anyway.)

This steady stream of genocidal invective has flowed from Tehran and its allies for decades, but it has been ratcheted up since 2001.  In fact, the Iranians and their proxies have become more blatant about their intentions to annihilate the Jews than was Hitler!

You know, one of Israel's foundational principles is the motto: "Never again."  Simply put, this means that, based on their past experiences with the world sitting idly by as first one tyrant, then another, tries to exterminate them, the Jews have decided that "never again" will they trust their survival to global goodwill.

Bible prophecy tells us there will be one more pan-Arab attempt to eliminate the state of Israel and the Jewish race.  We know that one of the attacking factions will be led by Iran and Russia.  At this moment, it appears that Iran and Israel, which intends to defend itself against Iranian threats of nuclear attack, are on a collision course.  And I suspect that collision will happen sooner, rather than later.  Yet prophecy tells us that both Iran and Israel will still be here when Armageddon breaks out. 

This week, I'm going to scoot out on a limb and tell you what I suspect might happen to slow down the plunge toward that eventual climactic confrontation.

Also, when we look at all the chaos, uncertainty, danger, and sheer insanity that surrounds us daily, it's easy to become overwhelmed and discouraged.    In those times, we all need to resort to the "Christian's Standard Operating Procedure."   These are steps to be employed in times of crises, stress, and distress.  In fact, it would be wise for each of us to employ the Christian's S.O.P. every day of our lives.  I promise you, it will make a difference in your walk with God. 

Don't miss this week's Report on TBN, Daystar, Inspiration Network, CPM Network, various local stations, www.hallindsey.com or www.hischannel.com. Please check your local listings.                                       


    God Bless,   
        Hal Lindsey       

Sunday, August 5, 2012

Keep 'Em Leaning Right

A couple comments on Facebook got me thinking, today.  Former Senator Rick Santorum has created a wonderful site called Patriot Voices. Check it out if you get the chance; I think you will like it. I have joined this site on Facebook, so comments people have posted to Patriot Voices show up on my personal Facebook page. If you are familiar with Facebook, you know how it works.  Anyway, someone posted in regard to Mitt Romney’s Presidential campaign on Senator Santorum’s previous comment about endorsements. Referring to Romney, the fan posted, “Keep him leaning right, Rick! Thanks for all you do!”

I “liked” it! I couldn’t agree more!  What an awesome encouragement! And it is exactly what Senator Santorum is doing. It is what we all should be doing, if we want our politicians to stand up for our standards and values. I have noticed lately that Mitt Romney is now a new member of The National Rifle Association (NRA), as well as the conservative educational group, HSLDA – Homeshool Legal Defense Association. So obviously, something is helping Romney to lean right!

Senator Santorum is also helping elect conservative candidates.  He has boldly stepped out in favor of certain candidates, endorsing those that have policies and ideas that are aligned most closely to our United States Constitution.

This constructive trend doesn’t begin and end with Rick Santorum; Governor Sarah Palin, and Michelle Bachman as well as others, have also worked diligently in this manner.

Additionally, today as I browsed Facebook, there were some comments on another “friends” status that I found interesting. This discussion was about Ron Paul. As is almost always the case, the comments were pro Ron Paul, without actually stating why.  The comments mostly bashed Americans for being ignorant, and not moving to “line-up” with Ron Paul and his stances.  Obviously the people commenting were frustrated, and opining about their intentions to vote for Ron Paul regardless, come Election Day as a “matter of principle”.  

I hate to say it, but lamenting and regurgitating all they have heard about the ills of America seems to be the mantra of many Paul supporters.  Saying Paul is the “only true Constitutionalist” while running down others is the norm. When one points out the error of their facts, some (not all) quite often respond viciously – not with verification of their facts, but unfortunately with more attacks. There have been many times I can do nothing but shake my head in regard to the name calling and negative comments I have endured when I have commented on Ron Paul sites. And I continue to believe that I rarely hear Ron Paul and his supporters ever say anything positive about America! 

After participating in the Ron Paul discussion on my friend’s Facebook page - though no one attacked me there – I really got to thinking. After seeing the woman’s post on Senator Santorum’s page: (“Keep him leaning right!”) I couldn’t help but see the dichotomy!

Senator Santorum, Sarah Palin, and Michelle Bachman have chosen to do something constructive with their platform.  They have not given up on America and they have only praised America’s attributes, while noting her failures with a hopeful attitude of correction by using a strong and effective rule of law.

Ron Paul on the other hand, in my opinion, has done nothing but “stir the masses” it seems. He has stirred up and torn down, criticizing America almost as much as the Obama’s. Many of his supporters seem to be in a state of frenzy with no idea of how to do anything constructive for America. Some take credit for the Tea Party movement - and there were indeed many Paul supporters that were involved with that - but things seemed to fizzle when others that joined that movement didn’t agree with much of Paul’s ideologies. Even the Tea Party movement was divided, including a Paul sect, along with those that were traditional, conservative Republicans. Foreign policy seemed to be the most divisive issue when it came to support for Ron Paul.

Now, as election time draws nearer, Paul and his supporters continue to attack fellow Republicans when at this point in time we should be joining forces in order to generate a positive outcome at election time.

Even the bitter battles during the primaries between Romney and Newt; and Romney and Santorum did not prevent these two class acts from following through with an endorsement of Mitt Romney – solely for the benefit of the GOP!

Come on, Dr. Paul; what’s your real agenda? When closely observed, some of your actions seem more likely to divide. If you are a Republican, get on board! If not, work from your own party of choice…oh, that’s right; you said you couldn’t win if you did that, and that it would cost too much money to try that. Well guess what?  You aren’t winning…but you do continue to divide and you don’t seem to be offering any solutions to your supporters. They stand faithful to you and that is a wonderful thing, if you offered solutions that would aid in restoring America….I will stand with Patriot Voices and others that continue to believe in America and are working to restore America.